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So it's been recommended to me that I use NetBeans IDE for ease of use in GUI-Swing stuff, and thus I have been working on figuring it out. It is not intuitive for me, at least, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

Does anyone here know how to draw graphics primitives on bean/module containers or other swing elements? Am I fundamentally misunderstanding something again? Should I go back to typing text files and compiling them myself?
 
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I strongly recommend not using the NetBeans visual designer until you attain a proficiency in Swing coding that qualifies you to read and understand the gobbledygook it generates.

Turn to the Swing tutorials to learn the correct way of Performing Custom Painting. What are "graphics primitives" in your terminology?

Should I go back to typing text files and compiling them myself?


It doesn't take long to learn (and appreciate) the NetBeans code editor features. You'll immediately find the code completion and error highlighting useful, and before long you'll be adding your own code templates etc. to increase your productivity.

And since this is GUI related, I'll move it to the appropriate forum.
 
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Darryl Burke wrote:I strongly recommend not using the NetBeans visual designer until you attain a proficiency in Swing coding that qualifies you to read and understand the gobbledygook it generates.

Turn to the Swing tutorials to learn the correct way of Performing Custom Painting.



That makes sense; it was a shortcut. Lazy me.

Darryl Burke wrote:

What are "graphics primitives" in your terminology?



I got that term from the java tutorials; geometric primitives are also called graphic primitives on at least one of their pages, if not more.

Darryl Burke wrote:

Should I go back to typing text files and compiling them myself?


It doesn't take long to learn (and appreciate) the NetBeans code editor features. You'll immediately find the code completion and error highlighting useful, and before long you'll be adding your own code templates etc. to increase your productivity.


Yeah, but I should use them after I've learned stuff for myself.

Darryl Burke wrote:


And since this is GUI related, I'll move it to the appropriate forum.

I'll mark it as resolved anyway.
 
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